Windows Server 2012

In this interview at TechEd North America 2012 Symon Perriman discusses the new continuous availability features coming in Windows Server 2012 with Gene Chellis (Director of Program Management) and Claus Joergensen (Principal Program Manager) from the Windows Storage & Availability Team. [00:45]…

Brian Lewis welcomes Microsoft MVP and Technical Director for IT Pro Magazine, Sean Deuby to the show as they discuss the new features in Active Directory for Windows Server 2012. Tune in as they chat about improvements made to deployment, virtualization and management for AD. After watching this…

Continuing their Private Cloud basics series, Kevin Remde, Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes are back and in today’s episode they focus on how you can get started in planning a private cloud environment. Tune in as they lay out some best practices you may want to consider. After watching this video,…

Dan Stolts welcomes Chris Harney from the Virtualization Technology Users Group (VTUG) as they discuss how his user group community recently expanded their virtualization platform knowledge beyond VMware to now include Microsoft Hyper-V. Tune in as they chat about their transition from a VMware only…

Note: This episode was shot with Rick's Nokia 920 (from his backpack) in a hotel lobby while on the road. Audio was recorded with Roland R26 portable recorder (on the desk). The technical interview was previously recorded during the recent 2013 MVP summit here in Redmond, WA. Watch as Rick…

In Part 8 of their Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 SP1 , Keith Mayer and Yung Chou explore the topic of how to deploy and manage your applications to the Private Cloud. Tune in as they discuss how to setup and create profiles for your virtual machine templates [1:10] Recap: Building…

At [04:50] Symon Perriman meets with Joseph Chan, a Principal PM Manager on the System Center team, to talk about System Center Advisor and how it now integrates with System Center 2012. Joseph first gives an introduction to Advisor and how people can start using this free cloud service.…

Minimizing the threat of vulnerabilities requires organizations to have properly configured systems, to use the latest software, and to install the recommended software updates. Assessing and maintaining the integrity of software in a networked environment through a well-defined patch management…

At [06:25] Symon Perriman and Rick Claus talk through an end-to-end deploy of a Hyper-V cluster using entirely free tools (without any evaluation bits—you get to keep everything!). First Symon introduces the free tools, which include Hyper-V Server 2012 (http://microsoft.com/hvs), Microsoft…

Rick Claus talks with Zachary Alexander, Program Manager in the Group Policy team, about all things to do with Group Policy and what's new with its administration and implementation in Windows Server 2012. Topics covered include: Group Policy Infrastructure Status Group Policy Results…